Top Girls : The Successful Woman and Her Not So Successful Life
When Marlene is promoted to the top, her celebratory dinner party is attended by historical figures. Find out why this dazzling play is close, but no cigar.
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Journey into the Dream with Shane Adamczak’s Trampoline
Trampoline follows vivid dreamer Matt as he falls in love. We talk to writer, director, and star Adamczak about the blog that led to the production.
Get Yours Shaken and Stirred with Acme Burlesque’s From Acme With Love
Acme Burlesque’s new show parodies James Bond and brings an eight piece band to the stage. Octopussy and Pussy Galore have nothing on this show.
Race and Gender Mix Explosively in South African Mies Julie
August Strindberg’s Mies Julie gets an update and a transplant. The play set in South Africa adds the problems of apartheid to the battle of the sexes.
Berry Sweet Strawberries in January a Warm Look at Love
Strawberries in January a sweet, delightful play performed in French and English on alternate nights, examines teen love.
Review: Alfred a Metaphor for the Beasts Inside
Heady new play at Theatre d’AUjourd’hui has one actor take on six different characters in a story about a man who releases the animals of the zoo.
Jesus Christ Superband : Better than Your Momma’s Andrew Lloyd Webber
The Theatre St. Catherine crew joins forces with local indie musicians to perform the greatest rock operetta ever based on the Bible.
Q&A with Mike Payette: The Bridge and Black Theatre Workshop’s Discovery Series
Shauntay Grant’s The Bridge is featured at the Black Theatre Workshop’s Discovery Series. Director Mike Payette discusses the production.
Political Theatre Blind Misses Its Weak Spots
Suffering from a clichéd protagonist, the good points of this show can’t redeem the bad.
Dance and Animation Meet in Norman
This trippy tribute’s to the ground-breaking Canadian animator and filmmaker Norman McLaren last presentation is not to be missed!
Growing Up and Growing Old Ungracefully. Review of 4000 Miles
The Centaur’s production of Herzog’s 4000 Miles brings together a Gen Y hippie and a Greatest Generation hippie for a month of unpacking baggage.
Photolog : Studies In Freedom at Sala Rossa
Photo journal of Studies in Freedom, the musical-text project of power-couple bassist, jazz improviser WIlliam Parker and dancer-choreographer Patricia Nicholson Parker.